Stemwinder
[STEM-WIYN-dər]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: American English, 18th century
1.
(Informal) An entertaining and rousing speech.
2.
(Dated) A watch wound by turning a knob on the end of a stem.
Examples of Stemwinder in a sentence
"The candidate delivered a stemwinder so powerful, her lead rose in the polls the next day."
"The coach gave a half-time stemwinder that revived the team's energy and confidence to pull out a win."
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